Question

Human ear is meant for receiving sound of normal range of decibels. Sound received beyond that measure would not only be jarring but also damaging to our hearing sense organs. How many of us take care of this? It may be a TV programme or a radio broadcast, playing a tape-recorder or any other instrument, even a gossip or a chit-chat in a company, all are heard at a very high pitch. We may be used to it but what about those living around us. Our neighbour may be a serious student, a sick person, or a peace-loving being. Have we ever thought of him? How much agony do we cause to him/her?

The neighbour being a person of cool temperament does not quarrel with us and suffers in silence. The poor fellow shuts the windows and doors and puts cotton in his ears to reduce the impact of high-pitched noises. When shall we learn the simple civic sense?

It may be a marriage ceremony or any other function, a ritual or a prayer, there is generally a fashion of hiring a loud-speaker to he used the loudest besides engaging a band and other means of producing sound. The pitch is kept so high that sensitive beings get shocks. Even the stones or bricks of a building shake and the impression is gathered that the building may collapse one day because of this.

Reading Comprehension Questions :

1. How can the sound beyond the normal range of decibels harm us?

2. How do we cause agony to our neighbour?

3. What does a person of cool temperament do to reduce the impact of high- pitched noises?

4. What is a civic sense?

5. When do we hire a loud-speaker?

6. What does the high pitch do to sensitive beings and buildings?

7. What is human ear meant for?

8. What does the poor fellow do to reduce the impact of high-pitched noises?

9. Find out from the passage the word which is opposite to ‘decrease’.

10. Write from the passage the word which means ‘having unpleasant annoying effect’.​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The answers to the given Reading Comprehension Questions are:

1. It is not only irritating to the ears, but it is also harmful to our hearing organs.
2. We create a high-pitched noise, oblivious to the pain we are causing our neighbor.
3. We hire a megaphone whenever we host a ceremony of any kind.
4. The high pitch of the sound disturbs sensitive beings and causes a building's stones or bricks to tremble.
5. The human ear is designed to receive sound in the typical decibel range.
6. To decrease the impact of high-pitched noises, the poor person closes the windows and doors and puts cotton in his ears. The term
7. 'Increase' is the antonym of 'reduction.'
8. The word 'jarring' comes from the text and means 'having a disagreeable bothersome impact.'

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